[He's watching the spell anyway, because he's witnessed enough of Raine's magic to know how flashy and utterly unlike anything from his and Shudder's world it is. The reassurance that she can fix Anton, or at least mitigate some of the damage, would be a welcome sight as well.
Only that's not how it goes. Erskine knows Anton well enough to know that a grunt from the gist-user is akin to a cry from anyone else--Shudder never does much more than grunt, no matter how injured he is. It sets Erskine's nerves on edge and he's up instantly, moving to a portion of the bedside out of Raine's way.]
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Only that's not how it goes. Erskine knows Anton well enough to know that a grunt from the gist-user is akin to a cry from anyone else--Shudder never does much more than grunt, no matter how injured he is. It sets Erskine's nerves on edge and he's up instantly, moving to a portion of the bedside out of Raine's way.]
What was that? What's happening? Anton?